Roh gained a complete of six awards at Malaysia Film Festival 31 (FFM) held at Plenary Hall, KLCC, on Friday (Dec 10).
It garnered the night time’s largest win, Best Film, and gave Junainah M Lojong the Best Supporting Actress trophy.
The pageant is Malaysia’s prime awards ceremony for the native movie trade.
Meanwhile Sangkar obtained a complete of 5 awards together with prime performing awards for Zul Ariffin and Remy Ishak within the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor classes, respectively.
Kabir Bhatia, who helmed Sangkar, was named Best Director.
Junainah M Lojong is the Best Supporting Actress for ‘Roh’.
Actors Zul and Remy each admitted that they had been shocked however honoured to obtain the win, their firsts at this pageant.
Zul, who’s had well being points this 12 months, was pleased to complete the 12 months “robust”.
“This is the best thing to happen this year, for sure,” he stated after the win.
An elated Remy shared that he is been within the trade for 15 years and had labored onerous each step of the best way.
“I’ve stored a constructive angle in the direction of my work though I’ve by no means gotten the acknowledgement with a FFM award. But right now, that has modified,” stated Remy, who received married this 12 months.
The Garden Of The Evening Mists gained a complete of three awards together with Best Actress for Lee Sinje. Lee, who relies abroad, did not attend the ceremony.
Critically-acclaimed Fly By Night additionally obtained three awards – Most Promising Director (Zahir Omar), Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
Most Promising Actor, Anding Indrawani, and Most Promising Actress, Fify Azmi.
FFM31 was held earlier than a stay viewers. The annual occasion didn’t occur final 12 months because of the pandemic; the final pageant was held in March 2019.
At the corridor, all of the viewers members had been positioned one seat aside. And earlier than the occasion began, there was an extended line on the crimson carpet as the method of coming into the corridor turned out to be far slower within the new norm.
A complete of 55 movies competed this 12 months, and so they comprised 32 Malay movies, 11 Tamil options, eight films in (*31*) and 4 flicks in different languages. And 28 awards got out.
Among the early winners had been Fify Azmi who clinched Most Promising Actress for her position in Wira whereas Anding Indrawani took house the Most Promising Actor gong for the movie Headhunter. Putri Qaseh was awarded the Best Child Actress for her position in Roh.
Fify, who made her performing debut in Wira, recalled that the most important problem she confronted within the Adrian Teh movie was having to chop her hair.
“I have never cut my hair that short before,” she stated within the press room, holding her trophy. “All my fellow nominees deserve this trophy. I thought actress Mimi Lana (Pusaka) would win actually.”
Fauziah Nawi getting emotional as she talks about her son after receiving Lifetime Achievement Award at FFM31.
Meanwhile Anding – who has been within the trade for 17 years and is just now receiving the acknowledgement – stated he by no means anticipated to win.
“All the challenges I faced making Headhunter were worth it,” he stated. “Among them were nearly losing my finger, cutting my hair, speaking in Iban and not getting enough sleep. Everyone in the crew also sacrificed sleep to get this movie made.”
Fauziah Nawi who was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at this movie pageant stated: “I am truly happy to receive this award while I am still alive.”
She devoted the award to her son, director Mohd Firdaus Mohamad Hanif, who handed away in 2019 in a drowning accident.
